wbicl2100m  2019-2020  Bruxelles Woluwe

Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
45.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Leal Teresinha (coordinator);
Language
French
Main themes
Preanalytics Analytical methods Quality controls Clinical enzymology List of the major biochemical biomarkers (liver, kidney, cardiac, pancreatic functions, lipids, cystic fibrosis, etc…) Clinical interpretation
Content
The first part of the lecture will review all required preanalytical conditions (blood sampling, stability,…). The second part will include assessment of analytical performances (reproducibility, sensitivity, specificity, ROC curve,…). Among general topics, there will be clinical enzymology, Westgard rules, basis of automation,… Among specific topics: oligoelements, porphyrias, urinanalysis, lipids, proteins, blood gas, cystic fibrosis diagnostic, bone markers, tumor markers, cardiac markers, pancreatic markers, kidney, thyroid, liver... The third part will be dedicate to protocols and validations (hemoglobinopathies, protein electrophoresis, therapeutic drug monitoring,…).
Other information
Evaluation : written exam Support : slides available on I-campus
Faculty or entity
FARM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Advanced Master in Clinical Biology